msnbc news can now confirm that oscar pistorius has been charged with murder after a deadly shooting at his home involving his girlfriend, the model. for more, we want to check in with nbc's sports on-air contributor. this is now just come to light the confirmation that we have to say he has been charged in her murder. >> yeah, the police responded to a call, a gun shot was heard at this home. when they got there, she was found, paramedics were working on her, trying to revive her after a gun shot. they were unable to do so, she apparently died at the scene. police took pistorius into custody, he's 26 years old, and just in the last minutes they have confirmed that he has been charged with murder. they are also planning to have a hearing, i believe tomorrow at which they will oppose the request that pistorius has made for bail. >> and there we see him in the gray hoodie right there. what more do we know about the background, the relationship between him and the model? the reports i've been hearing is they had not been dating all that long. >> yeah, we don't think they've been dating